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The fight to defend human rights may not be over, says Geoffrey Bindman QC

There’s nothing new about playing politics with the public’s real or perceived concerns about crime, says Jon Robins

Codifying the UK’s constitution to fill in the gaps is up for debate but seems politically unlikely, says David Greene

UK financial markets need the common law back, says Richard Samuel

The small claims system is too complicated for non-lawyers & needs simplifying, says Peter Thompson QC

Lawyers will be keenly watching the latest development in an important dispute over legal professional privilege, says Georgina Squire

Graeme Fraser shares ten family law priorities with the new Lord Chancellor…for when Parliament returns

The conflict between legal & political obligations is at the root of the current crisis, says Geoffrey Bindman QC

Laws governing the release of court material to non-parties in civil cases post Cape Intermediate are clear, but has the decision moved transparency laws forward for family proceedings? David Burrows reports

Michael Zander QC explains the current state of affairs playing out in Parliament

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Druces LLP—Daniel Lloyd

Corporate and commercial team welcomes technology specialist as partner

Birketts—Michael Conway

IP partner joins team in Bristol to lead branding and trade marks practice

Spector Constant & Williams—Anna Christou

Real estate finance practice announces partner appointment

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Flaws found in fixed costs regime

The extension of fixed recoverable costs (FRC) from low-value personal injury to most civil cases worth up to £100,000 ‘is failing to deliver what it promised’, the Law Society has warned

Brimelow sets out Bar priorities for 2026

Bar campaigns will focus on protecting juries, legal aid and children’s rights in the year ahead with a working group already looking into the age of criminal responsibility, chair Kirsty Brimelow KC has said

CEO appointed at legal super-regulator

Richard Orpin has been appointed chief executive officer (CEO) of the Legal Services Board (LSB), which oversees all nine legal regulators

Parental leave rights given effect

Workers will be given day-one rights to parental leave in April, the government has confirmed

Appointments at the Supreme Court

Lord Sales has become deputy president, and Lord Doherty a justice, at the Supreme Court. Both were sworn in this week at a ceremony conducted by the court’s president Lord Reed in Courtroom One

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Opinion

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Druces LLP—Daniel Lloyd

Birketts—Michael Conway

Spector Constant & Williams—Anna Christou